reason this is so striking is that the Alte Dessauer gets mentioned with total respect in most of the sources
ahahaha, thank you for this!
The take on this I've always seen is that Seckendorff, who knew that Grumbkow was vulnerable to influence when drunk, used to encourage Grumbkow to drink in order to take advantage of him, and had to drink more than he wanted to in order to keep up. Which is not exactly different from what this author is saying, but with a slightly different slant.
*nods*
He was sordidly scheming; his manners were crude and rustic; lying had become so much second nature to him that he had lost the use of the truth. He was a usurer who sometimes appeared in the guise of a soldier, and sometimes in that of a diplomat.
Ah! Excellent, thank you! (I still haven't put in the fistulas -- I have been busy lately :P One of these days I promise I'll go back and edit these.)
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Re: Advancing the Cause of Seckendorff
Date: 2020-10-20 05:08 am (UTC)ahahaha, thank you for this!
The take on this I've always seen is that Seckendorff, who knew that Grumbkow was vulnerable to influence when drunk, used to encourage Grumbkow to drink in order to take advantage of him, and had to drink more than he wanted to in order to keep up. Which is not exactly different from what this author is saying, but with a slightly different slant.
*nods*
He was sordidly scheming; his manners were crude and rustic; lying had become so much second nature to him that he had lost the use of the truth. He was a usurer who sometimes appeared in the guise of a soldier, and sometimes in that of a diplomat.
Ah! Excellent, thank you! (I still haven't put in the fistulas -- I have been busy lately :P One of these days I promise I'll go back and edit these.)